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Sydney, Sept. 21 (Jiji Press)--Junko Morimoto, known for her picture book "My Hiroshima," based on her experiences of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, died on Thursday, Australian media reported. She was 85.
After graduating from an art university and teaching art at a junior high school, Morimoto, a native of the western Japan city, immigrated to Australia in 1982.
Morimoto then began her career as an author of children's books and in 1987 published "My Hiroshima," which depicts the devastation and horror caused by the bombing on Aug. 6, 1945, when she was 13. The book is read in many countries.
Morimoto also visited schools in Australia to promote peace to children.
According to ABC News, she sent a letter to Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last month urging the country to sign a U.N. treaty to ban nuclear weapons.
Sydney, Sept. 21 (Jiji Press)--Junko Morimoto, known for her picture book "My Hiroshima," based on her experiences of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, died on Thursday, Australian media reported. She was 85.
After graduating from an art university and teaching art at a junior high school, Morimoto, a native of the western Japan city, immigrated to Australia in 1982.
Morimoto then began her career as an author of children's books and in 1987 published "My Hiroshima," which depicts the devastation and horror caused by the bombing on Aug. 6, 1945, when she was 13. The book is read in many countries.
Morimoto also visited schools in Australia to promote peace to children.
According to ABC News, she sent a letter to Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last month urging the country to sign a U.N. treaty to ban nuclear weapons.
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